Keir Starmer and top Labour figures including Sue Gray 'used £4million Soho townhouse owned by donor Lord Alli for election strategy meetings' amid row over use of the peer's Covent Garden flat By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 14:54 BST, 29 September 2024 | Updated: 15:35 BST, 29 September 2024 e-mail 152 View comments Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of using a second plush London pad owned by a multi-millionaire Labour donor. The Prime Minister is already under fire for staying at an £18million penthouse in Covent Garden owned by Lord Alli earlier this year, using it to film party political material. But it has now been revealed Sir Keir and other senior Labour figures including chief of staff Sue Gray used the former banker's £4million townhouse in Soho for strategy meetings before the election .
It is the latest sign of a close link between Lord Alli, the PM's largest personal donor, and the heart of the administration. The Sunday Times said that the PM, Ms Gray and top players including Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, held regular meetings at the Georgian property. The peer is also said to have allowed deputy PM Angela Rayner use his apartment in New York over the new year for a personal holiday.
The Prime Minister is already under fire for staying at an £18million penthouse in Covent Garden owned by Lord Alli earlier this year, using it to film party political material. But it was now been revealed Sir Keir.